University makes its case before the Supreme Court

The University argued in support of its admissions
policies April 1 before a packed Supreme Court of the United States.
Outside the court, several thousand supporters—many of them
students who had traveled by busload from across the country—rallied
in favor of affirmative action. More>

U-M cancels or postpones international
programs in areas of SARS risk

The University is canceling or postponing selected
overseas educational programs until at least June 1 in countries
at high risk for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and is
urging faculty, students and staff to leave the affected countries.
The message was issued to the campus April 4 by Paul N. Courant,
provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Lazar
Greenfield, interim executive vice president for medical affairs
at the U-M Health System (UMHS). More>